A Conversation with Everette Taylor, CEO of Kickstarter

FutureLAND is an annual multi-day conference celebrating the diversity in tech, arts, and culture in Northeast Ohio. The City Club is proud to partner with FutureLAND again this year for a special LIVE broadcast from the Allen Theatre in Playhouse Square!\r\n\r\nThis year, we will hear from Everette Taylor, CEO of Kickstarter, the world's premier\r\ncrowdfunding platform for creative projects. Under Everette's leadership, Kickstarter was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Companies for trailblazing the future of work and for the company's global impact in the creator economy.\r\n\r\nPrior to joining Kickstarter, Everette most recently served as the CMO of Artsy, the largest online marketplace for buying and selling fine art. During his time at Artsy he was recognized by Forbes as one of the World\'s Most Influential CMOs due to the business seeing all-time record revenue growth and brand awareness.\r\n\r\nAs an entrepreneur, Everette founded or co-founded several multi-million-dollar companies before the age of 30 (PopSocial, GrowthHackers, MilliSense) and sold his first company (EZ Events) at the age of 19.